He even gets one of the most jarring deaths in the whole Gundam metaverse. Begging for his sister's forgiveness and attention as he drops hundreds of feet upside-down onto the Angel Halo. A quick bone snapping sound of his sudden impact booms and then we flash less than a second later to the cheerful eyecatcher for the episode with Haro travelling the world haha. Tomino sure likes his kids being mind****ed.

He even gets one of the most jarring deaths in the whole Gundam metaverse. Begging for his sister's forgiveness and attention as he drops hundreds of feet upside-down onto the Angel Halo. A quick bone snapping sound of his sudden impact booms and then we flash less than a second later to the cheerful eyecatcher for the episode with Haro travelling the world haha. Tomino sure likes his kids being mind****ed.

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Why do Gundam fans think that psycho, Char Aznable is the greatest character?

Why do Gundam fans think that psycho, Char Aznable is the greatest character?

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He isn't psychotic, he's just egotistical and too much an alarmist. He's the originator of some big themes used through Gundam like the masked antagonists, the red rival MS and the archetypical "lets colony drop 'em!" event. Dark will probably chime in and tell you more soon enough.

He isn't even my favourite Char clone tbh. That spot goes to Rau and his hammy clone of my daddy insanity.

Why do Gundam fans think that psycho, Char Aznable is the greatest character?

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He isn't psychotic, he's just egotistical and too much an alarmist. He's the originator of some big themes used through Gundam like the masked antagonists, the red rival MS and the archetypical "lets colony drop 'em!" event. Dark will probably chime in and tell you more soon enough.

He isn't even my favourite Char clone tbh. That spot goes to Rau and his hammy clone of my daddy insanity.

He even gets one of the most jarring deaths in the whole Gundam metaverse. Begging for his sister's forgiveness and attention as he drops hundreds of feet upside-down onto the Angel Halo. A quick bone snapping sound of his sudden impact booms and then we flash less than a second later to the cheerful eyecatcher for the episode with Haro travelling the world haha. Tomino sure likes his kids being mind****ed.

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Why do Gundam fans think that psycho, Char Aznable is the greatest character?

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It's because Char is the one of the best characters in the Gundam universe. He is arguably the most well known. As Phil said, he is the orginator of many of the themes of the franchise as a whole. He has his issues just like every other character, but he fills different roles throughout and has a large part in many different events in the UC Timeline.

He even gets one of the most jarring deaths in the whole Gundam metaverse. Begging for his sister's forgiveness and attention as he drops hundreds of feet upside-down onto the Angel Halo. A quick bone snapping sound of his sudden impact booms and then we flash less than a second later to the cheerful eyecatcher for the episode with Haro travelling the world haha. Tomino sure likes his kids being mind****ed.

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Why do Gundam fans think that psycho, Char Aznable is the greatest character?

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I don't think that he's the GREATEST character, but he's certainly a great character. He just has so much complexity. He's got several driving forces in his personality, and even now that he's gone many of them remain somewhat opaque (due to Tomino's habit of having characters lie about their motivations even in internal monologues). And then there's the contradictions. He's Zeon's greatest ace, and one of its most inveterate foes. He's royalty, but he's only ever been happy by shirking that mantle. He's a mentor and warrior-philosopher who is also a habitual betrayer and cold blooded murderer. The list goes on. Char is like an onion, there's layers upon layers to his character, and trying to figure out what his true feelings or motivations are at any given moment is interesting.

And Char has no interest in young girls. When he was with Lala there was maybe a four year gap in their ages, and it's likely that he was looking for someone to serve as a nurturer to him. Quess was just a tool, an idiot girl with a lot of power who he led along to bolster his ranks to improve the chances of his Axis plan. Even if everything had gone better than he had planned she would have been left in the lurch when Char exited the stage or committed suicide and left her holding the bag. Other people just make that assumption because of the emotional scars left by Lala, his empty relationships with adult women, and then his picking up Quess. The only reason Char doesn't deny it is because he needs Quess' allegiance for a few more hours.